Thread: Wedge razor club

At the moment, I have 12 blades that are my "keepers." Of those, 8 fall in the range of quarter hollow to wedge grinds. Here they are from largest to smallest. George Savage & Sons; W&B For Barber's Use; George Wostenholm; W Greaves; Joseph Elliot's Silver Steel; W Greaves; Sheaf Works Cast Steel; Red Imp 132.

Please excuse the blurry photos; my apartment is in a total state of disarray (I'm setting up an "office" where my roommate used to live).

Green doesn't suit me, LOL
They are wonderful! Especially the sixth!

Originally Posted by 0livia

Green doesn't suit me, LOL
They are wonderful! Especially the sixth!

Thanks for the kind words. I'd initially missed one like the 6th on ebay (my internet died...) and I was so bummed I started a thread and posted in my signature that I wanted one. A member here (Mejnoon) bought one on a different site, saw that I wanted one, and sold it to me. Huge thanks to Mejnoon for that one!!!

Oh I remember!
That man must be a saint!

Wedges are proper shavers. I've only got 2 (straight) razors, but I really, really, really like the feel of a wedge. I can totally see why other do too.

Below I've included my daily shaver: C. V. Heljestrand "No 23" 9/16

The blade is slightly touched by the teeth of time, but there is no active rust or pitting. The edge is flawless. I also own a (new) Dovo Black Star (5/8" full hollow), but it hardly gets used since I bought this one. The Dovo has one thing going, the heavier wooden scales give a much better balance. But I don't want to change its original bakelite scales so I must purchage another wedge!

Last weekend I've bought this razor, actually only for the handle, since the blade was quite chipped.



Now I've given it a quick fix.





The scales must be pressed horn. Love the design.
Blade lost something. Honed it without tape to get an ankle of 18.6 at last.
Actually I don't believe that this is a Solingen. Looks and feels more like a real Sheffield to me. Hard steel.

Nice one, 0livia! Wolfertz Brothers are in our SRDB (basic info only).

In the middle of the pic there is a "Bell" Belfast wedgie that is pretty good sized. I'm looking for scales big enough for it, the ones I'm making may be a hair to small.

I have not found info on this blade yet as I don't have the books that list it. Any help there would be cool

Greetings all, first I'd like to say those are some beautiful blades posted on this thread. I'm new to this and just got this razor. Is this considered a wedge also?(before and after cleaned up)

Nice!
Looks a little hollow to me but its hard to make out from this perspective.
You'll see it better when you look at the head / toe.